(reduce #(concat %1 (if (> %2 6) [ :foo %2] [%2])) [] '(3 4 5 8 4 2))

Note that I am not a programmer and do not know much about writing code,
however the above snippet in my view can achieve the result you desired. I
invite comments on the above.

Regards,
Emeka
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Christophe Grand <christo...@cgrand.net>wrote:

>
> *Warning this message contains mutable state and may hurt functional
> sensibilities.*
>
> Ugly hack:
>
> (defn my-split-with [pred coll]
>  (let [s (atom coll)
>        p #(when-let [r (pred %)] (swap! s rest) r)]
>    [(take-while p coll) (drop-while pred (lazy-seq @s))]))
>
> Now it works ;-)
>
> Laurent PETIT a écrit :
> > This is a general problem with function (split-with) (and derivatives
> > such as partition-by ...),
> >
> > This should certainly deserve a mention in their respective
> > docstrings, I think. Because the docstring speak about lazyness, but
> > not the kind of lazyness that can avoid Out of Memory in corner cases.
> >
> > Rich, if you agree with that, would you me to issue a patch on google
> group ?
> >
> > 2009/4/23 Christophe Grand <christo...@cgrand.net>:
> >
> >> Laurent PETIT a écrit :
> >>
> >>> Hi Meikel,
> >>>
> >>> It seems to me that your version is the only safe one so far, that
> >>> would succesfully indefinitely return values with this test:
> >>>
> >>> (dorun (mystery-function true? :foo (repeat true)))
> >>>
> >>> Mine, a new version of mine I'll never bother to publish, and
> >>> Christophe's all retain head.
> >>> To explain on Christophe's one for example:
> >>>
> >>> It uses (split-with) which, in case pred always match coll elements,
> >>> will retain the head of coll in etc, while eating more and more
> >>> elements of coll via running on run :
> >>> 1:21 user=> (defn mystery-function [pred coll]
> >>>  (lazy-seq
> >>>    (when (seq coll)
> >>>      (let [[run etc] (split-with pred coll)]
> >>>        (if (seq run)
> >>>          (concat run (cons :foo (mystery-function pred etc)))
> >>>          (cons (first coll) (mystery-function pred (rest coll))))))))
> >>> 1:22 user=> (dorun (mystery-function true? (repeat true)))
> >>> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded (repl-1:22)
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Nice catch!
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Professional: http://cgrand.net/ (fr)
> >> On Clojure: http://clj-me.blogspot.com/ (en)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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>
>
>
> >
>

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